The manual for building a harmonious society as per the Sunnah Summarising compassion and brotherhood in Islam is a mammoth task, but this booklet will give a brief overview of the topic. The Quran says: Believers are but a single Brotherhood: So make peace and reconciliation between your two (contending) brothers; and fear Allah, that…
Brotherhood – To take a friend as a brother for Allah’s sake. Al-Okhuwwah is ‘taking brothers’ for Allah’s sake. This is a very interesting topic and scholars talk about it a great deal. In Imam Ghazali’s Kitaab Al-Arba’in Fi Usul ad-Din, The Forty Principles of the Religion, his last section on how to deal with…
And when you have performed your holy rites remember God, as you remember your fathers or yet more devoutly. Now some men there are who say, ‘Our Lord, give to us in this world’; such men shall have no part in the world to come. (2:200) Celebrate Allah’s name and glorify Him Allah Almighty made…
The mirror of the believer I love this hadith, it is so beautiful and fascinating. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be on him) said: “Every believer is the mirror of his brother. He protects him against loss and defends him behind his back.” (Al-Adab Al-Mufrad…